Anyone see a ragtop CL before?

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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 11:35 PM
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Anyone see a ragtop CL before?

Saw this thing drive into our lot today and stay for a few hours. Not sure who was driving. Never saw it around before. It had some type of advertising or graphics on the side but by the time I went downstairs to get a closer look, they were gone.

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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 11:44 PM
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I don't like it.
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 11:50 PM
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poor cl
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 12:25 AM
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im pretty sure its painted black and not a ragtop
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 12:42 AM
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probably just that fabric top that you see "optional" on corollas and crap these days. the old school Cadillac fabric top.

I'm pretty sure "rag tap" means convertible and not just the convertible fabric, and that CL has a sunroof, which would make it pretty difficult to be a convertible.
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 08:37 AM
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by BIGBOOMER77
im pretty sure its painted black and not a ragtop
Was definately not painted. I could see the rough texture of this top from my office. And yes, it was like the material used for caddy's n other cars that aren't convertible.
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 10:58 AM
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Its a CL-P
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by aznboi2424
Its a CL-P
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 01:02 PM
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Oh gosh.. Not a pretty sight
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 01:22 PM
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 03:07 PM
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I've seen that CL on a web site befor............
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 03:10 PM
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It just fabric put on the roof.
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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it would be interesting if the car had a different body color and different rims.
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 07:53 PM
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oh God it looks like a Sebring
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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Something is kind of odd about it, you can still see the body between the driver's side windows and the ragtop... So I doubt it's trying to be a convertible
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Old Apr 11, 2009 | 11:17 PM
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oh God it looks like a Sebring
hahaha my dad used to have one of those and I forced him to sell it to get an Acura.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Yeah, not a ragtop... that's a convertible... it's a vinyl top (or vinyl roof) and they used to be popular bacl in the 70's and 80's...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_roof

They are making a comeback, but they look terrible on modern cars that weren't designed with the vinyl roof in mind.
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Old Apr 12, 2009 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by GreenMonster
They are making a comeback, but they look terrible on modern cars that weren't designed with the vinyl roof in mind.
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